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Dr. Jens Wiesner, LL.M. (Chicago)
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Legal 500 2025

Dr. Jens Wiesner: Extremely fast, reliable and assertive. He excels in international matters in particular due to his excellent international experience. He always remains in control of the mandate and maintains an overview for his client, even in the case of extremely complex contract structures and with many parties involved. My favorite for international business.

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Jens is specialised in national and international finance law including the management of litigation. In addition to general advice, a focus of his practice is on the legal support of complex acquisition financing, real estate financing and project financing, acting on behalf of either the bank or the investor. Jens also advises on the areas of corporate restructuring and reorganisation.

Expertise

Services and Groups

Banking & finance
Venture loans
Acquisition & leveraged finance
Real estate finance
Islamic finance
Project finance
Financial restructuring for corporates

Sectors

Financial institutions & insurance
Real estate
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Doing Business and Investing in Germany: A guide to help foreign investors

20 September 2022
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by multiple authors

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CV

Since 2014 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2009 – 2014 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2013 Qualification as specialist lawyer for Banking and Capital Markets Law
2009 Admitted and established as a lawyer, Hamburg
2009 Second state examination, Hamburg
2009 Doctoral degree on a theme of law relating to foundations at the Bucerius Law School, Hamburg
2006 Master of Laws, University Chicago-Kent
2005 First state examination, Hamburg
2000 – 2005 Degree in law, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg

Career

Since 2014 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2009 – 2014 Associate, Taylor Wessing

Education

2013 Qualification as specialist lawyer for Banking and Capital Markets Law
2009 Admitted and established as a lawyer, Hamburg
2009 Second state examination, Hamburg
2009 Doctoral degree on a theme of law relating to foundations at the Bucerius Law School, Hamburg
2006 Master of Laws, University Chicago-Kent
2005 First state examination, Hamburg
2000 – 2005 Degree in law, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg

Additional languages

English

Awards

Legal 500 2025

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Dr. Jens Wiesner: Extremely fast, reliable and assertive. He excels in international matters in particular due to his excellent international experience. He always remains in control of the mandate and maintains an overview for his client, even in the case of extremely complex contract structures and with many parties involved. My favorite for international business.

Legal 500 2025

Jens Wiesner is always available and supports us in a pragmatic way.

Legal 500 2025

Recommended Lawyer for Real Estate Financing

Chambers and Partners 2024

"Jens Wiesner is very active in the market and is someone that is prominent. He is very hands-on in his approach."

Ranked lawyer for Real Estate: Finance

"Outstanding transaction support, characterised above all by a swift, high-quality and efficient way of working, with great negotiating skills and a good sense for negotiating practicable solutions in the client's interest."

Recommended lawyer for real estate finance

Top 10 Influential Real Estate Finance Lawyers in Germany

Recommended Lawyer: Germany - Banking

National Leader - Germany - Banking 2023

Ranked with Chambers and Partners for Real Estate: Finance

Ranked as Notable Practitioner: Real Estate Finance

Leading individual - Real estate: Finance - Germany (Up and coming): Jens Wiesner enters the rankings this year after consistently demonstrating strength in advising banks and funds on a variety of real estate financings and refinancings. He wins praise from one happy client, who considers him a "highly committed rock-star lawyer" who is "knowledgeable, pragmatic and customer- and deal-friendly."

Experience

Helaba on the financing of ‘Le Coeur’ in Düsseldorf

Comprehensive legal advice to Helaba as syndicate leader on the EUR 270,000,000 financing of the ‘Le Coeur’ project in Düsseldorf, an office and commercial building ensemble on the renowned Königsallee. The real estate project has a gross floor area of around 47,500 square metres and has been realised in compliance with the highest sustainability standards.

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Berlin Energie Rekom 3 on financing the remunicipalisation of Berlin's district heating network

Comprehensive legal advice to Berlin Energie Rekom 3 on the billion-euro financing of the acquisition of Vattenfall Wärme Berlin AG by Investitionsbank Berlin, which enables the investment in the largest district heating network in Western Europe. The newly founded state-owned company BEW Berliner Energie und Wärme AG (BEW) contributes significantly to securing Berlin's long-term energy supply.

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Rhinestahl Corporation on the acquisition of HYDRO Systems KG

Comprehensive legal advice to the US company Rhinestahl Corporation on all aspects of the acquisition of HYDRO Systems KG, including structuring, due diligence and contractual documentation. The acquisition led to the formation of RH Aero Systems, a company specialising in innovative aviation support concepts.

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Alexander R. Roth, M.Jur. (Oxford)
Dr. Amir-Said Ghassabeh
Konstantin Körner
Lisa Seidel
Dr. Michael Brüggemann
Dr. Marco Hartmann-Rüppel, Dipl.-Volkswirt
Tim Hendricks
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Dennis Hoppermann
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Dieter Lang, LL.M.Eur.
Kris Breudel, LL.M. (Aberdeen)
Dr. Daniel Graske
Niels Heim
Jonas Warnken

Protembis GmbH on EUR 20,000,000 venture debt financing

Comprehensive legal advice to the medical technology start-up Protembis on raising a EUR 20,000,000 venture debt financing from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to finalise clinical trials and enable the market entry of the ‘ProtEmbo’ filter system. The financing is part of the InvestEU programme.

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Dr. Niclas von Woedtke, MBA (Kellogg/ WHU)
Felipe Villena
Dr. Jens Wiesner, LL.M. (Chicago)
Dennis Hoppermann

Hamburg Commercial Bank on the financing of a commercial and industrial park

Comprehensive legal advice to Hamburg Commercial Bank on the financing of a commercial and industrial park in Grimma (Saxony) with a high double-digit million-euro amount, enabling the acquisition of a 284,000 square metre site and the construction of buildings by the real estate company Hines.

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Dennis Hoppermann

Advising seller on sale of marmalade GmbH and Makaira GmbH to ECOMMERCE ONE

marmalade GmbH, one of Germany's leading e-commerce agencies, and Makaira GmbH, a provider of an e-commerce marketing suite for online retail, have been sold by marmalade Group GmbH to ECOMMERCE ONE Group.

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Dr. Wiebke Baars, LL.M.
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